Monthly Archives: June, 2021
Kevin McCabe: What went wrong? The ineffective budget and PFD trick bumps up against the Alaska Constitution
By REP. KEVIN MCCABE
It’s time Alaska’s government was honest with its people. It’s time we started following our laws.
Symbolic of our problem is the...
Controversial Park Service supervisor promoted to Mount Rainier park post
The National Park Service has promoted Greg Dudgeon to become the next superintendent of Mount Rainier National Park.
Dudgeon is the acting deputy regional director...
Speaker Stutes upset that governor asked for legal opinion on constitutional provision on budget’s effective date
BUDGET HAS NOT EVEN BEEN TRANSMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, BUT SPEAKER IS COMPLAINING
House Speaker Louise Stutes is upset that Gov. Mike Dunleavy has asked...
Murkowski honored by travel industry for her work on tourism leg of ‘three-legged stool’ economy
The American Society of Travel Advisors presented U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski with the 2021 Global Travel Advocate Award for her efforts to support the...
Unfriendly skies: The airlines’ war on passengers is reaching breaking point
Even during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, I traveled on commercial airlines extensively. With family stretched from Alaska to Mexico and Florida, and looking...
Alexander Dolitsky: You’ll find narrow-minded people anywhere, but America is not an anti-Semitic country
By ALEXANDER DOLITSKY
As a little Jewish boy in Kiev, Ukraine in the 1950s and 1960s, I often questioned myself for the reasons of the...
Judicial Council seeks new judge applicants
Judge applicants are being sought for the Juneau, Utqiagvik, and Anchorage Superior Courts for vacancies expected to occur with the upcoming retirements of Juneau...
Dunleavy distributes CARES Act funds for public safety
Gov. Mike Dunleavy distributed federal and state funds prioritizing Alaskans’ public safety as the 2021 fiscal year nears closure.
Some $2.4 million in state...
Should governor follow Alaska Constitution on budget date, or ignore? Attorney General asks Superior Court to decide
Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor asked the Alaska Superior Court today to clarify whether, despite a failed effective date in the 2022 state budget,...
Syphilis cases spiked in 2020 during Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns in Alaska
Social distancing? Not so much in Alaska last year.
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services says the number of syphilis cases in...